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Back in 2012 I made an argument at a party that in the case of the apocalypse, you'd be best off if you stockpiled toilet paper and built facilities to make alcohol (as antiseptic), to barter with.Ya'll gut any that delicious loo roll?https://t.co/q6nB6uj0pz
Hypothetically, toilet paper would also make for a good medium to create charcoal for a water filter.This take the idea of drinking toilet water to an entirely new level.https://t.co/wS8mZhOKEu
Don't need to wipe your ass if you never poop.toilet_rollsafe.pngI could induce my constipation from Crohn's and literally go a week or more between needing to wipe.Anal retentive? If you're not paying attention already: this is your time to shine!https://t.co/d4w5wXWURg
Did you know that the Alcohol Still seen in M.A.S.H. is an item on rotation a the National Museum of American History?https://t.co/l9qMkpyvBoI think a lot about how they would have handled latrines during their deployment as a mobile hospital.https://t.co/zboVWL0PoW
"Recipes that call for vodka or spirits should be avoided entirely, because you need a high proof liquor to get the right concentration of alcohol by volume."https://t.co/nGBWf7DUkrSo... if we evaporate the water out, we should be able to use vodka?https://t.co/X6Cfc9RbPH https://t.co/hwJuA3Kwck
Tired: gallows humor will save us.Wired: toilet humor will save us."The staff of an Army hospital in the Korean War find that laughter is the best way to deal with their situation."https://t.co/0ZVGfkptdq
I wonder what this guy's gut bacteria looks like.https://t.co/0g7uEDRAGy
"maybe termites are just early adopters"https://t.co/kvbVFGbU66
Vermonters eat trees, we call it maple syrup.But be careful if you cut off all the cambium, the tree dies.Also some of it contains poison.https://t.co/clpeeqsJci
"conducted a genetic analysis within the vascular cambium, the layer of stem cells between the bark and the inner wood of the trunk. They discovered that genes responsible for the tree’s immune response don’t diminish in activity over time"https://t.co/aYFsQImClE
Zinc motherfucker, do you eat trees?https://t.co/okEC7F4xIo